SLOWFOOT RECORDS

PRESCOTT GIG WITH WOVEN ENTITY- 2/4/15

WOVEN ENTITY + PRESCOTT
+ Music To Ease Your Disease DJs

@ Total Refreshment Centre

2a Farleigh Place,

London N16 7SX

time - 8pm

price - £6 on the door

Percussion rich, spiritually inclined cosmic jazz built around the

percussive talents of Lascelle Gordon, Patrick Dawes, Paul May and Pete

Marsh. Support from art-rock trio Prescott, brainchild of former Stump

bassist Kev Hopper, with Rhodri Marsden [Scritti Politti] on keys and Frank

Byng [Snorkel] on drums.

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WOVEN ENTITY

WOVEN ENTITY are a unique proposition. Built round the percussive talents of

Patrick Dawes, Lascelle Gordon and Paul May (whose credits range from Groove

Armada to Beth Orton to The Brand New Heavies to Alexander Hawkins), they

offer a wholly improvised and extremely rich stew of spiritual afro jazz,

dubby post punk, lo-fi electronics and eccentric ethnological forgeries.

Comparisons have been made to Sun Ra, The Art Ensemble of Chicago and Can,

to name but three. Bassist Peter Marsh and rising star saxophonist Julie

Kjaer complete the lineup. The band had their first CD released by Babel

Label in September.

PRESCOTT

PRESCOTT is the brainchild of former Stump bassist Kev Hopper, who's

distinctive bass style was one of the most striking elements of the band's

sound during the 1980s. Alongside Hopper is Rhodri Marsden [Scritti Politti]

on keys and Frank Byng [Snorkel] on drums. Jabbing heteroclite riffs,

circular rhythmic patterns, vibrating harmonic clashes, irregular note

intervals, all contrasted with pockets of beautiful melody. The bands debut

album 'One Did' was released last year on Slowfoot Records.

"...a tantalising glimpse of what's in store if Hopper continues this

joyously wayward course." [Prog Magazine]

"Prescott make music that is hilarious as it is infuriating." [The Wire]

"SAs far as British-politician-themed art-rock bands go, Prescott are a

unique and mischievous proposition." [The List]

"For sheer verve this will be a tough album to beat - by turns odd, melodic,

exciting." [Terrascope Rumbles]

"Best band in the world...ever!" [John Prescott]

MONKEY PUZZLE TRIO + ROSHI - Servants Jazz Quarters - 22nd November

SATURDAY 22nd NOVEMBER
@ SERVANT JAZZ QUARTERS

MONKEY PUZZLE TRIO + ROSHI

10A Bradbury St

London N16 8JN

Tel - 0207 684 8411

time - 8pm

price - £7/5 adv - http://www.wegottickets.com/event/296943

Monkey Puzzle Trio features This Heat lynchpin Charles Hayward on drums, keys and melodica, bassist Nick Doyne-Ditmas and the words, voice and textures of avant-vocalist Viv Corringham, whose music walks a tightrope between song, improvisation and sound-as-sound.

"Their second album 'The Pattern Familiar' is an improvised song cycle that pushes the very notion of the song to the extreme. Hayward hooks into motorik rhythms that are relaxed yet deliberate and Nick Doyne-Ditmas lays out reverberant, drifting moans, with overdubbed horns hinting at structure, over which Corringham's pursues a range of techniques, from cool Brion Gysin-esque wordplay to looped and multilayered operatic wails." [The Wire]

ROSHI

Born in Wales to Iranian parents, Roshi Nasehi is a singer-songwriter who presents her own evocative songs alongside sometimes quite radical interpretations of some of the Iranian songs she was brought up listening to. Mixmag described Roshi as "One of the most singular voices working at the moment”.

PRESCOTT @ THE VORTEX - 21st Nov

PRESCOTT [Finn Peters Curates...]
Friday 21st November @ The Vortex, London
12pm-2am

Info/Tickets
http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/late-sessions-finn-peters-curates-2/

Part of a series of late night sessions curated by Finn Peters [The Grip] for the
London Jazz Festival.

Prescott is the brainchild of former Stump bassist Kev Hopper, who's distinctive
bass style was one of the most striking elements of the band's sound during the
1980s. Alongside Hopper is Rhodri Marsden [Scritti Politti] on keys and Frank
Byng [Snorkel] on drums. They recently released their debut ‘One Did’ to
Critical acclaim.

"Prescott make music that is hilarious as it is infuriating. Hopper's bouncing twang
grabs hold of Byng's metronomic dub-funk rhythms, with Marsden adding tight
slashes of discordant electric piano and crumpled clavichord scrunches… neatly
positioning Prescott - and Slowfoot - in a fictional and slightly skewed parallel
universe where wayward British eccentrics lurk at every turn." [The Wire]

CRACKLE gig at Total Refreshment Center - 13th Nov 2014

Sonic Navigations - The Grip + CoN and KwAkE + Micachu [DJ Set] - 18th Nov

SONIC NAVIGATION - THE GRIP + CoN and KwAkE + MICACHU [DJ set]
Tuesday 18th November @ Cargo, London

Info/Tickets:
http://www.efglondonjazzfestival.org.uk/events/info/sonic-navigation
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/events/308954859290983/

Part of the London Jazz Festival, Sonic Navigation is a new project, conceived by
Finn Peters, which aims to explore the lineage of improvised music referencing
those 60’s and 70’s jazz recordings that influence live hip-hop, spoken word
and contemporary jazz.

The Grip
This playful, freewheeling and energetic trio is comprised of three of Europe’s
most in demand and respected jazz musicians. Joining Finn Peters on flutes
and sax, we have the highly individual playing of Oren Marshall (Sons of Kemet)
on tuba and Tom Skinner (Melt Yourself Down, Owiny Sigoma Band) on drums.

"…one of the city's hottest propositions. Their debut album Celebrate, out now on
Slowfoot Records, takes the group through knotty free-bop, deep blues and Middle
Eastern drones in a deft mix of free playing and compositional ingenuity."
[The Quietus]

CoN & KwAkE
Hip-hop duo who have recently performed alongside the likes of Mos Def & MF
Doom. MC Confucius is the cerebral lyricist rapping with Kwake Bass on drums,
samples and production.

Micachu -
DJ sets from a highly creative and original musician & composer (Micachu & the
Shapes) who knows no musical boundaries. ‘Micachu is so far ahead of the game
it hurts’ [The Collapse Board]

THE GRIP at The Cockpit

The Grip performing at The Cockpit at Jez Nelson's Jazz In The Round.

Finn Peters - Sax
Oren Marshall - Tuba
Tom Skinner - Drums

THE GRIP MIXTAPE - FREE!!

THE GRIP MIXTAPE

In anticipation of their album 'Celebrate' The Grip have put together a mixtape which features covers, re-workings and remixes of material recorded during the album sessions, featuring Confucius MC, some additional production by Snorkel's Frank Byng and a Hello Skinny remix.

The Grip Mixtape

1. Planet Earth
2. Revival [feat. Confucius MC]
3. Piano Interlude
4. Eulipians [feat. Confucius MC]
5. Sax interlude
6. Saladin [Hello Skinny Remix]

Snorkel gig at The Birds Nest w/ Snapped Ankles - 25/10/14

PRESCOTT / TWINSCAPES/ STEVE LAWSON - 1/11/14

SNORKEL TO PLAY MATCH AND FUSE FESTIVAL - OCT 2014

MATCH AND FUSE FESTIVAL 2014

A three day festival across three venues in East London: showcasing an exhilarating diversity of new music across a multitude of genres

- M&F LONDON 2014 will feature premieres of new works from Elliot Galvin, Shabaka Hutchings, James Allsopp, Rebecca Sneddon & Lunch Money

- M&F LONDON 2014 will be broadcast live online to the world through Screensaver on October 3

- M&F LONDON 2014 will feature some of the UK and Europe’s most exciting acts, breaking genre barriers, challenging convention and producing innovative live sounds including:

Lazy Habits, The Comet Is Coming, Pixel, Lana Trio w/ John Butcher, Snorkel, The Physics House Band, Bellatrix and many more.

DON’T MISS OUT !!
ALL TICKETS CLICK HERE

Thurs October 2 (The Vortex, N16 8AZ): Doors 7.30pm, stage times TBA

£7 adv or before 9pm // £10 otd after 9pm

SynKoke (NO), Schnellertollermeier (CH), Elliot Galvin trio feat. Harald Lassen (UK), Pixel (NO)

Fri October 3 (Rich Mix, E1 6LA): Doors 7.30pm, stage times TBA

£9 adv or before 9pm // £14 otd after 9pm

in association with Sinema City & Screensaver

Lazy Habits (UK), Doffs Poi (SE), Nohaybandatrio feat. James Allsopp (IT/UK), Ben See + Bellatrix + Grace Savage + Sam Coates (UK), The Comet is Coming (Soccer 96 + Shabaka Hutchings) (UK)

Sat October 4 (Vortex, N16 8AZ + Cafe Oto, E8 3DL): Doors 7pm, stage times TBA

£9 early bird wristband for both venues // £12 both venue wristband adv // £10 otd of each venue

in association with Va Fongool and Rare Noise Records

Monkey Plot + Frode Gjerstad (NO), Snorkel (UK), Wolfram trio (NO), The Physics House Band (UK), Free Nelson Mandoomjazz (UK), Lana trio feat. John Butcher (NO/UK), Lunch Money (UK), Twinscapes (IT/UK), The Eirik Tofte Match&Fuse Orchestra (all)

Match&Fuse gratefully acknowledge support from the following organisations:

Arts Council England , PRS Foundation, Music Norway, Rare Noise Records, Swiss Culture Fund , Kanton Luzern Kulturförderung

THE GRIP ALBUM LAUNCH - 4th SEPT

THE GRIP [Finn Peters on sax, flute, Oren Marshall on tuba, Tom Skinner on drums] will be performing at The Vortex in London on Thursday Sept 4th to celebrate the release of their debut LP...'Celebrate'.

The album is due for release on 27th October.